Andrea Moletta
Andrea Moletta (born 23 February 1979 in Cittadella, Province of Padua) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Miche-Silver Cross.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrea Moletta |
| Born | 23 February 1979 Cittadella, Italy |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Miche-Silver Cross |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2003 | Mercatone Uno |
| 2004 | Barloworld |
| 2005–2008 | Gerolsteiner |
| 2009 | Miche-Silver Cross |
In March 2007, Moletta crashed badly in the Milan-San Remo race, and it was thought that his season would be over. However, six months later Moletta was recovered and started in the 2007 Vuelta a España.[1]
During the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Moletta's father was caught with Viagra and unidentified fluids, and as result of this, Moletta's team Gerolsteiner withdrew Moletta from racing.[2] Viagra was not banned in competition, so no formal doping charge was filed against Moletta, although the doping authorities (WADA) were looking at the matter.[3] Later it was found that the fluids were the hormone Lutelef, which can be used as a new form of blood doping.[4] Moletta was later cleared from any wrongdoing.[5]
He has previously played for Team Braloworld (2004), Mercatone Uno (2003), and Fassa Bortolo (2001).[6]
Since 2009, Moletta rides for Miche-Silver Cross.[7]
Palmares
- 2000
- 4th Trofeo Zsšdi
- 2001
- 6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 6th Circuito Belvedere
- 7th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
- 2002
- 1st GP di Poggiana
- 3rd Trofeo Zsšdi
- 2003
- 1st Stage 6 Peace Race
- 4th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
- 9th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2004
- 3rd Giro del Friuli
- 2005
- 4th San Francisco Grand Prix
- 2006
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 10th GP Lugano
- 2008
- 10th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2009
- 6th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 7th Memorial Marco Pantani
- 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
Notes and references
- Decaluwé, Brecht (3 September 2007). "Andrea Moletta: Coming back one day at a time". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- Westemeyer, Susan; Brown, Gregor (22 September 2008). "Gerolsteiner's forgotten riders". Cycling news. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- Weislo, Laury (23 May 2008). "Riders using Viagra for altitude?". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- Farrand, Stephen (30 October 2009). "Italian investigation discovers new blood doping technique". Cycling weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- Brown, Gregor (5 November 2008). "Moletta cleared, but without team". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- "Andrea Moletta". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Andrea Moletta at Cycling Archives